{"id":23260,"date":"2022-07-20T15:46:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T15:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/portuguese-athletics-coach-detained"},"modified":"2022-07-20T16:00:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T16:00:04","slug":"portuguese-athletics-coach-detained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/portuguese-athletics-coach-detained","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese athletics coach detained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambican authorities have arrested coach Alberto L\u00e1rio, a Portuguese national and a figure who has been a reference for new generations of athletics in Mozambique.<\/p>\n<p>Coach L\u00e1rio spoke to Lusa today from the police station.<\/p>\n<p>Alberto L\u00e1rio was arrested early on Tuesday afternoon at the Continuadores Park track by three officers, one of them from the Mozambique Migration Service, who claimed there were irregularities in his documents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey claim that it is an issue related to my residence permit document (DIRE), but I have a request for acquisition of nationality pending for over six years,\u201d the coach explained by phone from the police station.<\/p>\n<p>According to Alberto L\u00e1rio, the case is being discussed at the ministerial level, but if it is not definitively solved, he says he will leave the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this is not definitively resolved, I\u2019m leaving. What else can be done?\u201d he asked, noting that he fears only having to abandon the work he has been doing with young Mozambican athletes for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were all shocked when they detained him, and if their idea is to deport him to Portugal, that will be very bad for Mozambican athletics,\u201d an athlete who has worked with the coach told Lusa.<\/p>\n<p>Alberto L\u00e1rio, born in Mozambique and had been living in the country for several years, achieved the milestone of placing Ver\u00f3nica Jos\u00e9 amongst the six best female junior world athletes in a bid supported by the Portuguese Association (AP) of Mozambique.<\/p>\n<p>The world championship in Cali, Colombia, scheduled for August, will be the first major international competition for the 1,500m runner, who beat the time of 4.29 minutes in Braga and has been improving her performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spoke to Ver\u00f3nica. She has to continue, regardless of what happens. Not only her, but all the other athletes I work with\u201d, declared Alberto Lario.<\/p>\n<p>Lusa tried, without success, to get a clarification from the Mozambican Migration Services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. Mozambican authorities have arrested coach Alberto L\u00e1rio, a Portuguese national and a figure who has been a reference for new generations of athletics in Mozambique. Coach L\u00e1rio spoke to Lusa today from the police station. 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